Paddy Chayefsky
Writing · Screenplay · Adaptation · Novel
Born Jan 29, 1923 · The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Active 1945–1981
Sidney Aaron "Paddy" Chayefsky was an American playwright, screenwriter, and novelist. He is the only person to have won three solo Academy Awards for Best Screenplay for "Marty" (1955), "The Hospital" (1971), and "Network" (1976).
Filmography
Network (1976) — WriterMarty (1955) — Leo (uncredited) · Screenplay · Associate Producer · StoryAltered States (1980) — Screenplay · NovelThe Way We Were (1973) — Additional WritingPaint Your Wagon (1969) — AdaptationThe Hospital (1971) — Opening Narrator (voice) (uncredited) · Writer · ProducerThe Americanization of Emily (1964) — ScreenplayThe Catered Affair (1956) — TeleplayA Double Life (1947) — Photographer (uncredited)Middle of the Night (1959) — Screenplay · Theatre PlayAs Young as You Feel (1951) — StoryThe True Glory (1945) — WriterThe Bachelor Party (1957) — Screenplay · Story · Associate ProducerMarty (1953) — WriterEin Zug nach Manhattan (1981) — WriterThe Philco Television Playhouse (1948) — WriterThe Goddess (1958) — ScreenplayGideon (1971) — Theatre PlayGoodyear Television Playhouse (1951) — WriterMiddle of the Night (1954) — WriterThe Mother (1994) — WriterThe Bachelor Party (1953) — WriterAltered States — NovelUprostred noci (1981) — Theatre Play